Arif Abdul Mateen: Pakistan’s lonesome Punjabi poet

Those who knew this poet, say that his poetry was a reflection of his painful life.

A cover of Aklapay De Musafir. Source: Supplied

In our weekly literary series, ‘Kitabaan Di Parchol’, our Lahore correspondent shines a light on the emotionally-charged Arif Abdul Mateen’s collection of poems, Aklapay Da Musafir, which drips with the poet’s emotions arising from loneliness.

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